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In 2007, McGraw-Hill Construction published the SmartMarket Report on Interoperability and predicted that 2008 will be the tipping point year for BIM the overall construction industry. Source: McGraw-Hill Construction McGraw-Hill Construction has released Product Document Manager (PDM) a software application that greatly enables communication and information sharing on projects, especially during construction. Beyond this research, McGraw-Hill Construction is also driving BIM awareness by: • Providing regular coverage of the development of BIM as a project delivery framework in McGraw-Hill Construction's major publications. • Including BIM as a leading topic at McGraw-Hill Construction industry events (such as Outlook, The Architectural Record Innovation Conference and Regional BIM Workshops). • Providing McGraw-Hill Construction specialists to speak about BIM at major industry events and for leading organizations including AGC, AIA, CURT, SMPS and others. Since the transformation to BIM is taking place at the ground level on project teams spread across the globe, McGraw-Hill Construction feels an important responsibility to keep the industry informed as this revolution takes shape. Content The vision of BIM as the future global standard for all design, construction and operations critically relies, as described earlier in this article, on an ability to electronically extract relevant information from one or more design models (architectural, structural, MEP, etc) to perform useful analyses and other lifecycle workflow activities. In order to realize that vision the objects with which the design models have been created need to provide sufficient data about their attributes to power these activities. McGraw-Hill Construction has relationships with 5,000 building product manufacturers (BPMs) and is leading an initiative with major BPMs, international standards organizations and innovative software companies to facilitate creation of, and access to BIM content of building products. These intelligent objects are available through Sweets.com, Autodesk Seek, AIA Soloso and other partner relationships. Collaboration McGraw-Hill Construction has released PDM (Product Document Manager), a software application that greatly enables team collaboration, especially during construction. PDM can be integrated easily with project management applications (e.g. Meridian Prolog) thereby enhancing the value of its functions and contributing to improving overall interoperability in the industry. 10 BIM What BIM Will Mean to the Industry BIM will change the ways in which projects are designed, built and operated for everyone. Consider the impact on each of these aspects of the construction process: • CONSTRUCTION - when major pieces of a facility are created in factories and assembled on a site • PROGRESS REPORTING - when each physical component http://www.Sweets.com

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Cover How Building Information Modeling (BIM) is Dramatically Transforming the Design, Building and Operation of Projects An Interview with a Local AGC Chapter on Its Nationwide BIM Training and Validation Program Launch BIM - more than just a clash detection tool A Contractor Tells How They Made BIM Work for Their Firm BIM’S Sixth Dimension: RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION Experiencing the Benefits of a New Tool AIA Member Perspectives on BIM Thoughts From a Digital Imaging Firm

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